Law School

Tips for Adjuncts: Balancing Practice and Teaching

January 29, 2010

Teaching a law school course is a ton of work, but, it is well-worth the investment.
I am about to start my third semester teaching a law school course while practicing full-time as a mid-level associate in a large law firm. It is not easy to maintain your quality of life while balancing practice and teaching, but [...]

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How to Become an Adjunct Professor of Law

January 27, 2010

I recently explained why lawyers should teach. This post offers a road map for lawyers interested in teaching a law school course as an adjunct professor.
Although tenure-track law professorships are scarce and fiercely competitive, it is comparatively easy to become an adjunct professor of law. Design a course that you are qualified to teach and that fills [...]

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Federal Clerkships: Mission Impossible?

January 24, 2010

Law students have always coveted federal clerkships, leading to fierce competition for a very small number of positions. According to recent statistics, however, the sheer number of applications makes it nearly impossible. Applications increased 66% increase last year, resulting in 400,000 applications for 1,244 federal clerkships.
With those kinds of odds, some students might not even consider applying. [...]

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Say Goodbye to Text Books

January 23, 2010

The iPod arguably revolutionized how people stored and listened to music, will Apple’s new tablet device change classrooms forever? At least one person thinks the tablet may cause students and schools to abandon traditional text books.
Frank Lyman, of Coursesmart, a digital publishing venture of five textbook companies, thinks the future is in tablets.

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Use a Calendar App to Manage Time in Law School

January 22, 2010

Setting up a calendar and scheduling specific times for all of your in- and out-of-class tasks and appointments is an obvious yet useful way to get the most of the time squeeze that is law school.

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Studying For the Bar Exam On An iPhone is a Bad Idea

January 21, 2010

BarBri recently added an iPod option for their bar prep class, which allows students to listen to lectures rather than actually attend them. It also costs students an additional $700.
Now a new app called BarMax allows students to prepare for the bar on their iPhone (for now, only in California). At $999.99, the app is [...]

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